2017 Senate Authors

Abortion prohibition with criminal penalties eliminated - SB45

Abortion recognized as an essential component of women’s health care - SJR11

Authorized State Building Program for 2017-19 amended to add construction of a Wisconsin School of Urban Agriculture in City of Milwaukee - AB672

Authorized State Building Program for 2017-19 amended to add construction of a Wisconsin School of Urban Agriculture in City of Milwaukee - SB559

Automated speed enforcement system (ASES) and traffic control photographic system (TCPS): use allowed in City of Milwaukee; sunset and forfeiture provisions - AB859

Automated speed enforcement system (ASES) and traffic control photographic system (TCPS): use allowed in City of Milwaukee; sunset and forfeiture provisions - SB707

BadgerCare Plus and BadgerCare Plus Core family income eligibility level changed; DHS to comply with federal requirements and request enhanced federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) payment; JCF provision - SB606

BadgerCare Plus and childless adults demonstration project: DHS to seek federal waiver or submit amendments to MA program re income eligibility limit and allowing small businesses to purchase coverage - AB449

BadgerCare Plus and childless adults demonstration project: DHS to seek federal waiver or submit amendments to MA program re income eligibility limit and allowing small businesses to purchase coverage - SB363

Benefit corporation, a category of business corporation, created - SB298

Bicycles and motor bicycles operated on state trails during hours of darkness: DNR rules revised re lighting requirements [Admin.Code NR 45.05] - SB566

Birth defect prevention and surveillance system changes; DHS duties specified; administrative code provisions [Admin.Code DHS 116.04, 116.05] - SB287

Black History Month: February 2017 recognized as - SJR7

Black History Month: February 2018 recognized as - SJR103

Break time for employees to express breast milk: requirements created, accommodations specified, and employment discrimination provision - AB193

Break time for employees to express breast milk: requirements created, accommodations specified, and employment discrimination provision - SB147

Certified nursing assistant (CNA) training costs: individual income tax credit created - AB757

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Month: April proclaimed as - SJR31

Child abuse and neglect prevention services: DCF to allocate certain TANF funding for grants to counties, nonprofit organizations, and tribes - SB658

Child safety restraint system requirements modified re rear-facing car seat - SB703

CHIPS proceeding: prohibition on appointing counsel to parent eliminated; pilot program creating parent’s right to counsel in certain counties created, DCF, SPD, report, and sunset provisions - SB657

Chronically homeless individuals and families on the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program waiting list: WHEDA to implement case management services program; funding provision - AB379

Chronically homeless individuals and families on the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program waiting list: WHEDA to implement case management services program; funding provision - SB314

Community-based services information and referrals: DHS to award grants to nonprofit organizations to operate Internet site and telephone-based systems - SB672

Community school start-up grant program: DPI directed to create; reports to DPI required - SB282

Contraceptives: dispensing an extended supply required to be covered by health insurers - AB753

Contraceptives: dispensing an extended supply required to be covered by health insurers - SB642

Controlled substance abuse screening, testing, and treatment requirements for applicants of WEDC economic development programs - AB385

DCF grants to support foster parents and children created, report required - SB676

DCF to create Wisconsin Task Force to Create Effective Child Welfare Caseloads re recommended caseload standards for child welfare workers; study and report required - SB656

Dental care defined re legal custodian providing ordinary medical and dental care for child in out-of-home care - SB673

Detachable or fixed magazine with capacity of more than 10 rounds of ammunition: selling, transporting, manufacturing, possessing, or going armed with prohibited - AB1052

Diapers and undergarments for incontinence: sales and use tax exemption created - AB856

DOC Secretary to create committee to study the Missouri juvenile justice model; committee terminates upon submission of findings and recommendations - SB70

Driver education courses: DPI to reimburse school districts, independent charter schools, and private schools participating in parental choice programs; conditions set - AB1036

Early release from confinement: certain prisoners participating in programs identified by DOC to reduce recidivism may earn; extended supervision provision - AB792

Early release from confinement: certain prisoners participating in programs identified by DOC to reduce recidivism may earn; extended supervision provision - SB662

Eliminating lead hazard in a dwelling or residential condominium: income, corporate, and franchise tax credits created for costs related to - AB726

Emergency care hospital rates: limiting what hospitals can charge uninsured patients of certain income - AB1015

Emergency care hospital rates: limiting what hospitals can charge uninsured patients of certain income - SB880

Essential health benefits specified by OCI by rule: disability insurance policies and governmental self-insured health plans required to cover; conditions specified - SB268

Establishments providing massage therapy or bodywork therapy required to have a license from the Massage Therapy and Bodywork Therapy Affiliated Credentialing Board, exceptions specified; practice by an extern or intern under supervision, scope of the practice, and penalty for unauthorized practice provisions - AB899

Eviction prevention grants: WHEDA to issue to individuals or housing authorities - AB376

Eviction prevention grants: WHEDA to issue to individuals or housing authorities - SB316

Family and medical leave requirement: eliminate prohibition on local ordinances - AB997

Family and medical leave requirement: eliminate prohibition on local ordinances - SB869

Family planning services: DHS restriction on distributing certain funds and term “women’s health block grants” eliminated; funding increased - AB141

Family planning services: DHS restriction on distributing certain funds and term “women’s health block grants” eliminated; funding increased - SB92

Family treatment court and juvenile treatment court grant programs created; DCF report required - SB390

Federal administration urged to reject efforts to cut taxes for millionaires, increase health care costs, decrease access to affordable care, and discriminate against trusted health care providers - AJR30

Feminine hygiene products provided at no cost to inmates of a jail, prison, juvenile correctional facility, juvenile detention facility, secured residential care center, other house of correction, or a secured unit of a mental health institute - AB767

Firearm in a residence in which another resident is prohibited from possessing a firearm: storage requirements and penalty provisions - AB430

Firearm law revision re carrying firearms on mass transportation systems; penalty provided - SB197

Firearm possession by person convicted of misdemeanor crime of domestic violence: prohibition created, not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect provision - AB597

Firearm possession by person convicted of misdemeanor crime of domestic violence: prohibition created, not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect provision - SB563

Firearm sale or transfer prohibited unless through a federally licensed firearms dealer and background check on transferee is conducted; exceptions and penalty provisions - AB65

Firearm sale or transfer prohibited unless through a federally licensed firearms dealer and background check on transferee is conducted; exceptions and penalty provisions - SB34

Foster Care Awareness Month: May 2017 declared as - AJR46

Foster Care Awareness Month: May 2017 declared as - SJR51

Four-year-old kindergarten: all school boards to make available to eligible pupils; exception and state aid provisions - AB709

Four-year-old kindergarten: DCF pilot project to award grants to expand existing programs, conditions specified - SB663

Frank P. Zeidler Public Service award: congratulations to 2017 recipient Reggie Jackson - AJR86

Fundamental right of every woman to choose a safe and legal abortion; eliminates certain abortion-related regulations - SB569

Gun Violence Awareness Day: June 2, 2017 proclaimed as - AJR65

Handgun purchases: DOJ to maintain database for individuals to voluntarily place prohibitions on themselves - AB579

Handgun purchases: DOJ to maintain database for individuals to voluntarily place prohibitions on themselves - SB479

Health care aid for needy veterans and eligible family members: DVA authorized to expand to include mental illness and substance abuse treatment, county veterans service officer provision - SB631

Hotline for reports of hate crimes established - AB101

Hotline for reports of hate crimes established - SB64

Household and dependent care services: individual income tax credit created for certain expenses - AB43

Household and dependent care services: individual income tax credit created for certain expenses - SB37

Housing authority: tax-exempt property expanded - SB641

Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month: January 2018 proclaimed as - AJR95

Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Month: January 2018 proclaimed as - SJR91

Human trafficking: commercial driver education courses must include instruction on recognizing and preventing - AB540

Human trafficking: commercial driver education courses must include instruction on recognizing and preventing - SB444

Immediate family of law enforcement officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty: income tax exemption for amounts received to pay for expenses related to the death - SB664

Judge or justice required to disqualify himself or herself from an action if he or she received campaign financial support from a party to the action - SB779

Juneteenth Day: June 19, 2017 recognized as - SJR55

Law enforcement use of force incidents: DOJ annual report required, appropriation provision - AB561

Law enforcement use of force incidents: DOJ annual report required, appropriation provision - SB464

Lead investigation of dwelling where occupant under age 6 has blood lead poisoning or lead exposure: DHS administrative rule requirements re DHHS standard changes - AB950

Lead investigation of dwelling where occupant under age 6 has blood lead poisoning or lead exposure: DHS administrative rule requirements re DHHS standard changes - SB856

Lead investigation of facilities serving children under age 6: DHS required to promulgate rules requiring; facility notification requirements - AB949

Lead investigation of facilities serving children under age 6: DHS required to promulgate rules requiring; facility notification requirements - SB855

Lead testing and disclosure of rental properties: landlord requirements created - AB76

Lead testing and disclosure of rental properties: landlord requirements created - SB41

Legislative committee meetings: public notices required to include text re accommodations for interpreter, translator, alternative formats, or other accommodation and be printed in English, Spanish, and Hmong; Chief Clerk duties - AB344

Legislative committee meetings: public notices required to include text re accommodations for interpreter, translator, alternative formats, or other accommodation and be printed in English, Spanish, and Hmong; Chief Clerk duties - SB256